Automobile heater attachment.



Patented June 20, 1916.

(lita/Maa# H. H. SICHEL.

AUTOMOBllE HEATER ATTACHMENT. I

APPLICATION FILED ocT.2a. I9Is HIRSCH HERBERT SICI-IEL, OF PORTLAND,OREGON.

AUTOMOBILE HEATER ATTACHMENT.

Application filed October 28, 1915.

-T0 all whom t may concern Be it known that I, HIRsoH HERBERT SIGHEL, acitizen of the United States of America, residing at Portland, in thecounty of Multnomah and State of Oregon, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Automobile Heater Attachments, of which thefollowing is a specification.

rihis invention relates to a heating attachment for automobiles and ithas for its object the provision of a device -in the nature of anelectric stove the heating units of which are energized by electricityTobtained from the automobile.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a compact easilycarried stove of this nature provided with novel means for supporting itin conjunction with a part ofthe automobile.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in thedetailed description which now follows.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a front view of a stoveconstructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view ofthe stove proper with the upper cover or shield removed. Fig. 3 is anend view of the stove illustrating the same supported in conjunctionwith the running board of an automobile, and F ig. i is a view of thestove in its collapsed or packed condition.

Like numerals designate corresponding parts in all of the figures of thedrawing.

In carrying out the invention I provide a stove body 5 carrying anydesired number of heating plates 6'of the usual formV employed inelectric stoves. A cover plate 7 is hinged at 8 to the body 5 and isarranged to be held in vertical position by braces 8 of a well knownkind. When the stove is to be supported in conjunction with the runningboard of an automobile disposed at the rear edge of the body 5, a clamp9 having a set screw 10 is engaged with the running board 11 of theautomobile, legs comprising tubular portions 12 and pins 13 slidabletherein, are pivoted at 14 to the body 5. Set screws 15 permit ofadjustment of the pins into and out of the tubular portions 12.

The stove forming the subject matter of Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 20, 1916..

serial No. 58,401.

the present invention is designed to provide travelers with a readymeans of cooking while en route. To provide means for packing the stoveinto a small compass so that it can be readily carried, a bottom plate16, corresponding in shape to cover plate 7, is provided. These plates 7and 16 carry pins 17 and 18, respectively, which pins are adapted to beengaged by pivoted hooks 19 carried by the body 5. lll/hen it is desiredto pack the stove for transportation the cover plate 7 is lowered andthe cover plate 16 is placed upon the bottom of the body 5 after thelegs 12 have been folded upwardly into said body. The hooks 19 are thenturned into the position illustrated in Fig. i whereby all of theseparts are held in the position shown, at which time the bottom plate 16in conjunction with an underside recess 20 of the body 5 forms'aconvenient receptacie for the legs, and an electric cord not shown, bywhich power is supplied to the device. The cover 4plate 7 when raised tothe position illustrated in Fig. 3 forms a shield to protect the paintand varnish of the sido of the automobile from the heat of the stove andalso from any grease which may spatter during the cooking operation.Sockets 21 provide means for attachingthe electric cord to the stove andI contemplate securing the current for energizing the units of saidstove from the electrical self starter or other part of the power plantof the automobile.

Variations in the form of this stove may be resorted to for it is to beunderstood that the invention is not limited to the precise constructionset forth but that it includes within its purview such changes as comewithin the spirit of the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is A stove forautomobiles, including an intermediate plate member having anarrangement of cooking` utensil heating plates, said intermediate platemember being adapted to have applied thereto a heating medium andequipped with means for its attachment to the running board of theautomobile, said intermediate heating plate 4having a recess 2k ,l Y il1,187,664

.fin its underside anda cover plateV arranged In testimony whereof Iaffix my signature to be appliedl t0 the bottom of said heating in thepresence of two Witnesses.

VVplate, as a closure for vsaid bottom recess, x said intermediateheating plate having legs HIRSCH HERBERT SICHEL' 5 hingedlyeonneetedtoits underside, akt-one v Witnesses: f Y .side Vadaptedto be receivedWithin the re- D. SOLIS COHEN,

*cess in the underside of said heating plate. EDITH OLSON.

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Washington, D. C.

